2nd Annual Health Science Competition

On Friday, January 20, 2012, 276 juniors and seniors in the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Health Science program from 10 high schools (Crane, CVCA, Dunbar, Julian, Kelvyn Park, Manley, North-Grand, Sullivan, Westinghouse, and LPN) competed in the 2nd Annual Chicago Public Schools local Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) Health Science Competition.

HOSA is a national student organization endorsed by the U.S. Department of Education and the Health Science Education Division of the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE). Its mission is to promote career opportunities in the health care industry and to enhance the delivery of quality health care to all people.

Congratulations to the all the students who competed (and their teachers too!).

Team Competitions

BIOMEDICAL DEBATE

• 1st Place: North-Grand (Natalie Cuevas, Destiny Morales, Francisco Rojas, & Genesis Ruiz)
• 2nd Place: Dunbar (June Anderson, Niya Rayford, Laquita Welch, & Ashauntay Wilson)
• 3rd Place: Sullivan (Gbolahan Idowu, Sa Ko, & Daniella Salawu)

COMMUNITY AWARENESS

• 1st Place: North-Grand (Adrianna Espinosa, Milton Hall, Yesenia Mercado & Amelia Rivera)
• 2nd Place: CVCA (Shakelia Coleman, Daniajah Floyd, Brianna Hawkins, & Shantia Williams)
• 3rd Place: Kelvyn Park (Heidi Salgado, Daniel Rodriguez, & Diana Zuniga)

CAREER HEALTH DISPLAY

• 1st Place: Miyanni Ransom & Danielle Bates, Westinghouse
• 2nd Place: Ebifamini Fetepigi & Helen Carter, CVCA
• 3rd Place: Paola Trujillo & Lizette Aparicio, Sullivan

CPR/FIRST AID

• 1st Place: North-Grand (Maritza Holguin & Rubi Orozco)
• 2nd Place: North-Grand (Gema Munos & Indyra Ramirez)
• 3rd Place: Julian (Lexus Frazier & Tiffany Leonard)

Individual Competitions

EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING

• 1st Place: Francisco Rojas, North-Grand
• 2nd Place: Natalie Cuevas, North-Grand
• 3rd Place: Jasmine McSwain, CVCA

EXTEMPORARNEOUS WRITING

• 1st Place: Griselda Hernandez, North-Grand
• 2nd Place: Alexander Alverio, North-Grand
• 3rd Place: Ebony Cheers, Dunbar

MEDICAL ASSISTING

• 1st Place: Marilyn Rodriguez, North-Grand
• 2nd Place: Daniajah Floyd, CVCA
• 3rd Place: Shantia Williams, CVCA

MEDICAL SPELLING

• 1st Place: Sarah Castillo, Sullivan
• 2nd Place: Diego Silva, North-Grand
• 3rd Place: Rosa Dixon, Dunbar

MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY

• 1st Place: Alice Lam, Sullivan
• 2nd Place: Latesha Jones, Manley
• 3rd Place: Tatiana Smith, Westinghouse

NURSE ASSISTING

• 1st Place: Francisco Sanchez, North-Grand
• 2nd Place: Jacob Hernandez, North-Grand
• 3rd Place: Diamond Dickerson, Julian

This event would not have been possible without the assistance of over 80 volunteers from Everest College, UIC College of Nursing, Health Care Consortium of Illinois, and Career and Technical Education Team at CPS.

I hope everyone returned home safely considering the onset of Friday’s snow storm.